Coconut Shrimp and my Serrano Ham Infatuation

Tonight I made coconut shrimp. Black Tiger Shrimp dusted with seasoned flour, dipped in an egg wash and then rolled in coconut. Pretty darn good if I do say so myself. lol

To the flour I added salt, pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cayenne. The egg wash is simply a beaten egg. And the coconut is plain old coconut.

I then fried it in my HUGE frying pan ( we were low on oil lol) We dipped them in sweet and sour sauce.

For an appetizer we had apples wedges and brie wrapped in Serrano ham slices. Yeah I know....I don't eat meat. Lately that is all I have been thinking about. To be honest during March Break I did have a piece of steak, and some turkey and some bacon......and.....oh the list goes one!

Today in theory class Chef was talking about smoked meats and everything sounded so good....well except the blood sausage! All the talk got me thinking......then we went grocery shopping and the ham practically jumped off the shelf and into the cart!

Serrano ham is a dry-cured Spanish ham similar to Italian prosciutto but drier and firmer. It has a salty bite. So it went really well with the black pepper brie and apple. I drizzled mine with some fig balsamic vinegar. Nice.